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Junior safety Michael Lowe and sophomore offensive lineman Freddie Tagaloa have been named Cal football’s Scholar-Athletes of the Week head coach Sonny Dykes announced Wednesday.

“I appreciate being honored as the scholar-athlete of the week,” Lowe said. “Being acknowledged for my hard work is very pleasing. As an older player it’s important to lead by example on and off the field. My next goal is scholar-athlete of the month.”

“It’s great to get an honor like this from a football program at one of the top universities,” Tagaloa said. “I know that I’m doing well on the field and off the field. All the guys keep calling me scholar.”

Each week two players earn the honor that recognizes student-athletes for an academic skill that has developed through practice, a study habit that has formed into an effective routine, a positive measured outcome that has been achieved through a course assignment or exam, and/or a leadership trait that has been portrayed through academics.

The program kicked off the previous week with junior defensive lineman Sione Sina and junior placekicker James Langford the first student-athletes recognized.

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*Cal will next play in its Pac-12 opener at Oregon on Saturday, Sept. 28 (7:30 p.m. PT). The Cal-Oregon game will be televised live by the Pac-12 Networks with an audio broadcast available on KGO 810 AM, the Cal IMG Sports Network and online at CalBears.com via tunein.

*The Pac-12 announced Monday that the Cal-Washington State game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 5, will kick off at 1 p.m. PT. The conference home opener and homecoming contest for the Golden Bears on Alumni & Family Weekend at Cal will be televised live by FOX Sports 1 with a simulcast on FOX Deportes.

*An audio broadcast of all Cal games is available on Cal’s flagship radio station KGO 810 AM, the Cal IMG Sports Network and online at CalBears.com via tunein.

*In addition to the contest against Washington State, the Golden Bears also have Pac-12 home games against Oregon State (Oct. 19), Arizona (Nov. 2) and USC (Nov. 9) on the schedule. Following the Oregon contest, Cal will play conference games on the road at UCLA (Oct. 12), Washington (Oct. 26), Colorado (Nov. 16) and Stanford (Nov. 23). All 2013 Cal football games will be televised with currently unannounced telecast information and kickoff times to be announced either 12 days or six days in advance of each game.

*Cal football tickets are available online at CalBears.com or (800) GO-BEARS.

*Pac-12 Networks’ docu-series The Driveis offering an exclusive season-long look inside the 2013 campaigns of the Arizona State and Cal football programs. New episodes of The Drive debut each Wednesday at 7 p.m. PT across all seven networks all season long. Visit Pac-12.com for the complete Pac-12 Networks television listings and the show's first episode.